delinquentn.adj.

Brit.

/dᵻˈlɪŋkw(ə)nt/, U.S.

/dəˈlɪŋkwənt/

Forms: late Middle English delynquaunt, 1500s– delinquent.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French delinquant, delinquer; Latin dēlinquent-, dēlinquēns.

Etymology: Partly (i) < Anglo-Norman and Middle French delinquant (French délinquant ) (noun) criminal, offender (late 14th cent. or earlier), (adjective) that commits an offence against the law or customary morality (late 14th cent.), uses (respectively) as noun and adjective of the present participle of delinquer delinque v., and partly (ii) < classical Latin dēlinquent-, dēlinquēns, present participle of dēlinquere delinque v.Compare Catalan delinqüent (c1460), Spanish delincuente (end of the 14th cent. as delinquent), Portuguese delinquente (1444), Italian delinquente (13th–14th cent.), German Delinquent (mid 16th cent.), all in the senses ‘criminal, offender’, and also post-classical Latin delinquent-, delinquens sinner (Vulgate).

A. n.

1. A person who commits an offence against the law or customary morality; a criminal, an offender. Now chiefly spec.: a person, esp. a young person, who (persistently) commits minor crime or engages in antisocial behaviour. Cf. juvenile delinquent n. at juvenile adj. and n. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > wrongdoer > [noun]

guilter12..

misdoera1325

trespasser1362

transgressor1377

offendera1450

wrongerc1449

misruler1450

wrongdoerc1450

delinquent1484

committer1509

violater1523

faulter1535

violator?1535

exceeder1625

misfeasor1631

tortfeasor1658

misactor1659

culprit1769

disorderly1852

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > evil-doer > offender or transgressor

guilter12..

trespasser1362

transgressor1377

prevaricatora1425

surfeitera1425

offendera1450

delinquent1484

committer1509

violater1523

faulter1535

violator?1535

offendent1580

peccant1621

exceeder1625

moocher1675

culprit1769

sinner1809

1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) iii. 42 To punysshe the trespacers and delynquaunts.

1599 S. Gardiner Portraitur of Prodigal Sonne ii. vi. 170 Let vs doe the like, and acknowledge our selues no meane and ordinarie offendors, but desperate delinquents in the highest degree, sinners against heauen.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. vi. 12 Did he not straight In pious rage, the two delinquents teare?

1709 R. Steele & J. Swift Tatler No. 74 Where Crimes are enormous, the Delinquent deserves little Pity.

1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xx. 410 This deliberation however gave the delinquents a chance of escape.

1961 M. Spark Prime Miss Jean Brodie i. 5 The very rich girl, their delinquent, who had recently been sent to Blaine as a last hope, because no other school, no governess, could manage her.

2006 Time Out N.Y. 18 May 109/1 Eight teenage delinquents are sent to clean a hotel where psycho killer Jacob Goodnight..has set up shop.

2. A person who fails in or neglects his or her duty or obligations; one who violates a rule or code of conduct; spec. a person who fails to pay a debt or tax.

ΚΠ

1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 275 The Canons of our Church impose catechising, no lesse than preaching; and the negligence of delinquents in discharging this duty is punishable by Ecclesiasticall censures.

1745 S. Martin Plan National Militia ii. iii. 31 In case any gentleman neglects or refuses to do so, the deputy-lieutenant upon certificate thereof shall levy the fines required by law from such delinquents.

1817 Laws New-Hampsh. 113 The share or shares of any of said proprietors may be sold by said corporation for non-payment of assessments.., and the overplus, if any, shall be truly paid over to the delinquents whose share or shares were so sold.

1941 Times 18 Dec. 5/4 Later on the delinquents may find themselves in difficulties brought about by their procrastination.

2016 Salt Lake Tribune (Nexis) 27 Jan. Harper's bill proposes to create an electronic database of all delinquents who have liens, along with identifying information such as Social Security numbers.

3. An opponent of the Parliamentary party in 17th-cent. England; spec. a provider of financial or military aid, or other service, to the Royalist cause during the English Civil War. historical after 17th cent.The term is officially defined by an Order of 27 March, 1643. As, in practical terms, it included all Royalists, it became in general use almost synonymous with Cavalier.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > cavalier or royalist cause > supporter of

rattle-head1641

cavalier1642

delinquent1642

long head1642

malignant1642

Cab1644

cavy1645

kebc1645

rattlepate1646

cave1661

heroic1682

1642 Acct. Monies disbursed out of Tonnage & Poundage in Declar. conc. Gen. Accompts Kingdome (verso title page) Paid towards the charge of the Navie..out of Fines raised upon Delinquents, five thousand foure hundred and two pounds tenne shillings and a peny.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iii. 212 Hereupon, They [sc. the Commons] call'd whom they pleased, Delinquents.

1841 J. Murdock tr. J. L. von Mosheim Inst. Eccl. Hist. (rev. ed.) IV. iv. ii. ii. 290 The London Polyglot appeared under Cromwell, who..patronised it, although its editor..had been sequestered as a delinquent.

1965 Hist. Jrnl. 8 2 He appeared at first to lean towards the moderates, especially in the matter of naming delinquents.

2011 G. Smith Royalist Agents x. 243 In the aftermath..of the various exactions and restrictions imposed on Delinquents, there was a strong pressure..to withdraw from the world.

B. adj.

a. That commits an offence against the law or customary morality; (in later use chiefly, esp. of a young person) that (persistently) commits minor crime or engages in antisocial behaviour.Formerly also †against a person, †in an offence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > [adjective]

shildyOE

sakeda1300

sakfula1300

culpable1303

faulty1380

plightya1400

defective1423

criminousa1460

criminal1489

wity1530

nocent1559

delinquent1584

faultful1591

obnoxious1604

noxiousa1618

guiltful1655

society > morality > moral evil > guilt > [adjective]

guiltyc1000

sakeda1300

sakfula1300

culpable1303

faulty1380

plightfula1400

plightya1400

defective1423

criminousa1460

criminal1489

nocent1559

delinquent1584

faultful1591

obnoxious1604

noxiousa1618

guiltful1655

1584 Copie of Let. conc. Erle of Leycester 186 The griefe..doth redound.., not onlie vpon the person delinquent alone, but also vpon the soueraine, by whos fauour & authoritie he offereth such iniuries.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 491/2 Whensoeuer one Prince is delinquent against another.

1709 H. Sacheverell Communic. of Sin 4 All which are to be consider'd as so many Gradations of Sin, charging the different Transgressor with an Higher, or Lower Imputation of Guilt, as he stands delinquent in either.

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 276 A delinquent school-boy.

1949 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 261 27/1 The Gluecks reported that 84.8 per cent of the young offenders released from the Massachusetts Reformatory were from families in which other members were delinquent.

2019 Associated Press State & Local Wire (Nexis) 14 June Many of the delinquent teens have histories of mental illness caused by childhood abuse.

b. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a delinquent or delinquents (sense A. 1); designating immoral, criminal, or antisocial behaviour, attitudes, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > [adjective] > of action

guiltya1616

delinquent1637

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > antisocial

delinquent1637

asocial1883

1637 R. Basset Curiosities iv. 222 Neither doth craft proceed from plenty of braine, but from a delinquent nature.

1697 Abstr. Douay Catech. 158 Behold, O God, the foul and odious stains of my delinquent soul.

1862 Vermont School Jrnl. July 159 O, bitter were the blows and whacks That fell on our delinquent backs.

1939 Social Forces 18 234/1 Numbers of children were ‘probated to parents’ with no case-work supervision or effort on the part of the court to change the situation in which the delinquent behavior occurs.

1962 Radio Times 10 May 42 Hard bop, aggressive, neurotic brand of bop, with a delinquent, flick-knife cutting edge.

1997 Chicago Tribune 16 Feb. iv. 13/1 With its rudimentary songcraft, Satanic veneer and generally delinquent attitude, metal is widely considered rock's simple-minded problem child.

2002 M. Warr Compan. in Crime 112 Attachment to parents seems to inhibit the initial development of delinquent friendships.

a. That fails in or neglects his or her duty or obligations; that violates a rule or code of conduct; spec. that fails to pay a debt or tax. Also with in a duty, payment, etc.

ΚΠ

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 93 Having offended or being delinquent in any duetie [Fr. quand ils ont offensé et failly].

a1640 J. Ball Answer to Iohn Can (1642) i. 26 So for Truth and existence, the Ministerie may be lawfull, though in many particulars delinquent and deficient.

1782 Resolves Gen. Court Mass. 79 We should be obliged to provide our full proportion annually for the interest on the debts of the delinquent States.

1884 ‘Judge Wiglittle’ 10 Years Police Judge v. 30 It did not transpire that the offending officials had been delinquent, defaultant, or otherwise derelict.

1969 D. R. Cressey Theft of Nation i. 2 It is one thing to beat up a loan-shark victim who is delinquent in his payments.

2019 Jordan Times (Nexis) 21July The minister said that consensual decisions have been reached to address the problem and help delinquent borrowers pay back their loans.

b. Chiefly U.S. Of a property, asset, account, etc.: having an overdue debt or tax on it. Also of a debt or tax: overdue, in arrears.

ΚΠ

1652 Perfect Acct. Intelligence Armies & Navy No. 75. 593 An Additional Act is past for the sale of Delinquent Lands.

1759 R. Jackson Hist. Rev. Pennsylvania App. 416 A sudden Sale of all delinquent Estates to recover their respective Quotas, would have been the Ruin of many.

1889 P. A. Bruce Plantation Negro 218 Sold out by the public auctioneer for delinquent taxes.

1979 Amer. Banker (Nexis) 1 June 1 Under the new plan, most outstanding consumer instalment loans more than 120 days or five monthly payments delinquent would be classified as losses.

2017 Amer. Econ. Rev. 107 902 Paid in full or settled on any previously delinquent account, regardless of type (e.g., credit card, auto loan).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	delinquent
释义	delinquentn.adj. Brit. /dᵻˈlɪŋkw(ə)nt/, U.S. /dəˈlɪŋkwənt/ Forms: late Middle English delynquaunt, 1500s– delinquent. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French delinquant, delinquer; Latin dēlinquent-, dēlinquēns. Etymology: Partly (i) < Anglo-Norman and Middle French delinquant (French délinquant ) (noun) criminal, offender (late 14th cent. or earlier), (adjective) that commits an offence against the law or customary morality (late 14th cent.), uses (respectively) as noun and adjective of the present participle of delinquer delinque v., and partly (ii) < classical Latin dēlinquent-, dēlinquēns, present participle of dēlinquere delinque v.Compare Catalan delinqüent (c1460), Spanish delincuente (end of the 14th cent. as delinquent), Portuguese delinquente (1444), Italian delinquente (13th–14th cent.), German Delinquent (mid 16th cent.), all in the senses ‘criminal, offender’, and also post-classical Latin delinquent-, delinquens sinner (Vulgate). A. n. 1. A person who commits an offence against the law or customary morality; a criminal, an offender. Now chiefly spec.: a person, esp. a young person, who (persistently) commits minor crime or engages in antisocial behaviour. Cf. juvenile delinquent n. at juvenile adj. and n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > wrongdoer > [noun] guilter12.. misdoera1325 trespasser1362 transgressor1377 offendera1450 wrongerc1449 misruler1450 wrongdoerc1450 delinquent1484 committer1509 violater1523 faulter1535 violator?1535 exceeder1625 misfeasor1631 tortfeasor1658 misactor1659 culprit1769 disorderly1852 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > evil-doer > offender or transgressor guilter12.. trespasser1362 transgressor1377 prevaricatora1425 surfeitera1425 offendera1450 delinquent1484 committer1509 violater1523 faulter1535 violator?1535 offendent1580 peccant1621 exceeder1625 moocher1675 culprit1769 sinner1809 1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) iii. 42 To punysshe the trespacers and delynquaunts. 1599 S. Gardiner Portraitur of Prodigal Sonne ii. vi. 170 Let vs doe the like, and acknowledge our selues no meane and ordinarie offendors, but desperate delinquents in the highest degree, sinners against heauen. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. vi. 12 Did he not straight In pious rage, the two delinquents teare? View more context for this quotation 1709 R. Steele & J. Swift Tatler No. 74 Where Crimes are enormous, the Delinquent deserves little Pity. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xx. 410 This deliberation however gave the delinquents a chance of escape. 1961 M. Spark Prime Miss Jean Brodie i. 5 The very rich girl, their delinquent, who had recently been sent to Blaine as a last hope, because no other school, no governess, could manage her. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 18 May 109/1 Eight teenage delinquents are sent to clean a hotel where psycho killer Jacob Goodnight..has set up shop. 2. A person who fails in or neglects his or her duty or obligations; one who violates a rule or code of conduct; spec. a person who fails to pay a debt or tax. ΚΠ 1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 275 The Canons of our Church impose catechising, no lesse than preaching; and the negligence of delinquents in discharging this duty is punishable by Ecclesiasticall censures. 1745 S. Martin Plan National Militia ii. iii. 31 In case any gentleman neglects or refuses to do so, the deputy-lieutenant upon certificate thereof shall levy the fines required by law from such delinquents. 1817 Laws New-Hampsh. 113 The share or shares of any of said proprietors may be sold by said corporation for non-payment of assessments.., and the overplus, if any, shall be truly paid over to the delinquents whose share or shares were so sold. 1941 Times 18 Dec. 5/4 Later on the delinquents may find themselves in difficulties brought about by their procrastination. 2016 Salt Lake Tribune (Nexis) 27 Jan. Harper's bill proposes to create an electronic database of all delinquents who have liens, along with identifying information such as Social Security numbers. 3. An opponent of the Parliamentary party in 17th-cent. England; spec. a provider of financial or military aid, or other service, to the Royalist cause during the English Civil War. historical after 17th cent.The term is officially defined by an Order of 27 March, 1643. As, in practical terms, it included all Royalists, it became in general use almost synonymous with Cavalier. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > cavalier or royalist cause > supporter of rattle-head1641 cavalier1642 delinquent1642 long head1642 malignant1642 Cab1644 cavy1645 kebc1645 rattlepate1646 cave1661 heroic1682 1642 Acct. Monies disbursed out of Tonnage & Poundage in Declar. conc. Gen. Accompts Kingdome (verso title page) Paid towards the charge of the Navie..out of Fines raised upon Delinquents, five thousand foure hundred and two pounds tenne shillings and a peny. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iii. 212 Hereupon, They [sc. the Commons] call'd whom they pleased, Delinquents. 1841 J. Murdock tr. J. L. von Mosheim Inst. Eccl. Hist. (rev. ed.) IV. iv. ii. ii. 290 The London Polyglot appeared under Cromwell, who..patronised it, although its editor..had been sequestered as a delinquent. 1965 Hist. Jrnl. 8 2 He appeared at first to lean towards the moderates, especially in the matter of naming delinquents. 2011 G. Smith Royalist Agents x. 243 In the aftermath..of the various exactions and restrictions imposed on Delinquents, there was a strong pressure..to withdraw from the world. B. adj. 1. a. That commits an offence against the law or customary morality; (in later use chiefly, esp. of a young person) that (persistently) commits minor crime or engages in antisocial behaviour.Formerly also †against a person, †in an offence. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > [adjective] shildyOE sakeda1300 sakfula1300 culpable1303 faulty1380 plightya1400 defective1423 criminousa1460 criminal1489 wity1530 nocent1559 delinquent1584 faultful1591 obnoxious1604 noxiousa1618 guiltful1655 society > morality > moral evil > guilt > [adjective] guiltyc1000 sakeda1300 sakfula1300 culpable1303 faulty1380 plightfula1400 plightya1400 defective1423 criminousa1460 criminal1489 nocent1559 delinquent1584 faultful1591 obnoxious1604 noxiousa1618 guiltful1655 1584 Copie of Let. conc. Erle of Leycester 186 The griefe..doth redound.., not onlie vpon the person delinquent alone, but also vpon the soueraine, by whos fauour & authoritie he offereth such iniuries. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 491/2 Whensoeuer one Prince is delinquent against another. 1709 H. Sacheverell Communic. of Sin 4 All which are to be consider'd as so many Gradations of Sin, charging the different Transgressor with an Higher, or Lower Imputation of Guilt, as he stands delinquent in either. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 276 A delinquent school-boy. 1949 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 261 27/1 The Gluecks reported that 84.8 per cent of the young offenders released from the Massachusetts Reformatory were from families in which other members were delinquent. 2019 Associated Press State & Local Wire (Nexis) 14 June Many of the delinquent teens have histories of mental illness caused by childhood abuse. b. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a delinquent or delinquents (sense A. 1); designating immoral, criminal, or antisocial behaviour, attitudes, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > [adjective] > of action guiltya1616 delinquent1637 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > antisocial delinquent1637 asocial1883 1637 R. Basset Curiosities iv. 222 Neither doth craft proceed from plenty of braine, but from a delinquent nature. 1697 Abstr. Douay Catech. 158 Behold, O God, the foul and odious stains of my delinquent soul. 1862 Vermont School Jrnl. July 159 O, bitter were the blows and whacks That fell on our delinquent backs. 1939 Social Forces 18 234/1 Numbers of children were ‘probated to parents’ with no case-work supervision or effort on the part of the court to change the situation in which the delinquent behavior occurs. 1962 Radio Times 10 May 42 Hard bop, aggressive, neurotic brand of bop, with a delinquent, flick-knife cutting edge. 1997 Chicago Tribune 16 Feb. iv. 13/1 With its rudimentary songcraft, Satanic veneer and generally delinquent attitude, metal is widely considered rock's simple-minded problem child. 2002 M. Warr Compan. in Crime 112 Attachment to parents seems to inhibit the initial development of delinquent friendships. 2. a. That fails in or neglects his or her duty or obligations; that violates a rule or code of conduct; spec. that fails to pay a debt or tax. Also with in a duty, payment, etc. ΚΠ 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 93 Having offended or being delinquent in any duetie [Fr. quand ils ont offensé et failly]. a1640 J. Ball Answer to Iohn Can (1642) i. 26 So for Truth and existence, the Ministerie may be lawfull, though in many particulars delinquent and deficient. 1782 Resolves Gen. Court Mass. 79 We should be obliged to provide our full proportion annually for the interest on the debts of the delinquent States. 1884 ‘Judge Wiglittle’ 10 Years Police Judge v. 30 It did not transpire that the offending officials had been delinquent, defaultant, or otherwise derelict. 1969 D. R. Cressey Theft of Nation i. 2 It is one thing to beat up a loan-shark victim who is delinquent in his payments. 2019 Jordan Times (Nexis) 21July The minister said that consensual decisions have been reached to address the problem and help delinquent borrowers pay back their loans. b. Chiefly U.S. Of a property, asset, account, etc.: having an overdue debt or tax on it. Also of a debt or tax: overdue, in arrears. ΚΠ 1652 Perfect Acct. Intelligence Armies & Navy No. 75. 593 An Additional Act is past for the sale of Delinquent Lands. 1759 R. Jackson Hist. Rev. Pennsylvania App. 416 A sudden Sale of all delinquent Estates to recover their respective Quotas, would have been the Ruin of many. 1889 P. A. Bruce Plantation Negro 218 Sold out by the public auctioneer for delinquent taxes. 1979 Amer. Banker (Nexis) 1 June 1 Under the new plan, most outstanding consumer instalment loans more than 120 days or five monthly payments delinquent would be classified as losses. 2017 Amer. Econ. Rev. 107 902 Paid in full or settled on any previously delinquent account, regardless of type (e.g., credit card, auto loan). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1484
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